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Suicidal man causes brief lockdown near school

Posted at 5:19 PM, Feb 06, 2013
and last updated 2013-02-06 17:22:18-05

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) — Police say a suicidal man was responsible for a brief lockdown at a school in Prince George County Wednesday afternoon.

Officers were dealing with the man on a side street near N.B. Clements Junior High School late in the afternoon.

The school day was already over, but students participating in after school activities were kept inside until the man was arrested and taken to the hospital.